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Kearney fire receives mutual aid from city partners to combat rural fire
KEARNEY — Around noon, Sept. 2, Kearney crews from B-Shift were dispatched to a residential structure fire in rural Clay County off of Highway A. According to the Kearney Fire & Rescue Protection District Facebook page, the team saw heavy fire involvement on the rear of the structure and impinging through the roof. Chief Kevin…
Community Living
Northland Shepherd’s Center prepares to close
CLAY COUNTY — The Northland Shepherd’s Center board of directors announced that day-to-day operations will cease by Halloween around a week ago, but the board has now moved into aiding its clients and hoping to find like-minded nonprofits to help out.
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Gallery | Week 1 Football
Kearney football against Belton and Smithville football against Harrisonville Friday, Aug. 28.
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Entertainment
MOVIE REVIEW: Finding Alaska disappointing
By Simonie WilsonDakota Fanning, who plays lead character Wendy, and all her formerly adventurous friends are hitting their early 30s and growing up, none more resistant to that natural process than Wendy herself in “The Sun Never Sets.” While her best friend is announcing her first pregnancy, Wendy clings to her comfortable two-year relationship with…
Opinion
Time to set bitterness aside
We humans have the ability to file both negative and positive experiences in our memory banks. The negative sometimes produce bitterness, a condition someone tagged a “saboteur of the spirit.”